Friday, April 30, 2010

Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy.

From The Disparates by Francisco Goya. Dark, haunting etchings depicting the folly of mankind.

What I had been thinking about over the past few years, it ended strangely in an instant... I felt wistful, as though I was saying goodbye to a part of myself that I had stubbornly held on to all this while.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Terrifying.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

In Bed by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte.

Broke a large sheet of glass, from one of the picture frames I bought recently to hang my Europe purchases up. My own carelesness, but still the loud crack was rather painful. The two pictures above (both at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris) will be next to each other... The children in bed all restful and the floor scrapers hard at work!

Cartoon: The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci.

Surprise! Storm in a Forest by Henri Rousseau.

Am still thinking of places to put these, they're both dramatic in their own ways. I love the gentle, delicate composition of Leonardo's cartoon. And the fiery colour and action in the Henri Rousseau piece.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

The Strange Magic of Angkor.

The temples of Angkor were not what I was expecting. Despite being accosted everyday by the blazing heat and humidity of April, there was still this strange, mysterious magic... And the morning light walking through the temples was beautiful. Having three days at the temples let me explore some of the smaller gems as well.